Probate: Applications
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a grant of probate were submitted in a) English and b) Welsh in each year since 2021.
Answered by Catherine Atkinson
Grants of representation(1) applied for by language submitted in, England and Wales
Annually 2021 to 2025
Source: HMCTS Core Case Data
| Total Applications(2) |
| Language submitted in | |
Year |
| English (or not specified) | Welsh | |
2021 | 282,857 |
| 281,994 | 863 |
2022 | 292,252 |
| 291,327 | 925 |
2023 | 302,882 |
| 301,620 | 1,262 |
2024 | 299,430 |
| 297,670 | 1,760 |
2025 | 304,972 |
| 302,721 | 2,251 |
Notes:
1) All grant types including letters of administration with/without a Will
2) Total applications do not include where the grant type is not specified/missing
Due to revisions these figures may differ slightly to those published in Family Court Statistics Quarterly.
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